In his later life, Frederick Douglass was a great orator. Douglass also wrote several autobiographies, eloquently describing his life as a slave, and his struggles to be free. His classic autobiography, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass is one of the best known accounts of American slavery. Much of the story in this graphic novel is based on information contained in Douglass’s autobiography.

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